Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Sep 09 2021 09:27 pm
MEET ARRL MAXIM AWARD WINNER: KATHERINE FORSON, KT5KMF
DON/ANCHOR: A Texas high school honor student has received the
ARRL's premier honor, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award. Paul
Braun, WD9GCO, introduces us to her.
PAUL: As we discover every year with our Young Ham Of The Year
award, there are some amazing young people in our hobby today. One
of those is Katherine Forson, KT5KMF, the American Radio Relay
League's 2021 Hiram Percy Maxim Award winner.
I spoke with the remarkable young woman, who was licensed as a Tech
at the age of nine, and was an Extra five years later. Forson said
she loves the public-service aspect of amateur radio, and
participates in a variety of local events throughout the year. She's
also fascinated by the opportunities that the digital modes, such as
FT-8, afford operators. But what's most interesting to her is that
ham radio has helped her decide her future:
FORSON: This is actually pretty interesting because ham radio has
helped me a lot in figuring that out. Yes, I am a trained Skywarn
storm spotter - I actually want to be a meteorologist. I finished
just a couple weeks ago my application to Texas A&M. They have an
incredible geosciences program there and specifically meteorology.
They have the oldest ham radio club in Texas on campus and they also
have a student storm chasing team.
PAUL: When asked if she had any advice for other young women who may
be hesitant about getting into radio or science, like she did, she
offered this:
FORSON: If it's something you want to do, you go for it. I can
remember when I first got licensed, when I was taking my test it was
this room full of adult men and I was this tiny 9-year-old girl and
I tried to use a giant calculator. It was awkward at first, but it's
become something that I love, it's given me something that I have in
common with my family, and it's helped me figure out what I want to
do with my life so I think, even if it's intimidating at first,
don't let that stop you. Don't let being one of the few women, one
of the few young girls, stop you.
PAUL: Forson is working with other Texas-area female hams to create
a YL-friendly online community tied into the ARRL North Texas
section website.
Promoting youth in amateur radio is something near and dear to our
hearts here at Amateur Radio Newsline. Our 2020 Young Ham of the
Year, Chris Brault, was a former Maxim Award winner himself.
Congratulations from all of us at Newsline to Katherine Forson, who
has a bright future ahead. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun,
WD9GCO.
**
US HAMS ACTIVATE THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
DON/ANCHOR: America's Appalachian Trail has always captured hikers'
imaginations, and next month, it will be capturing hundreds and
hundreds of miles of radio signals. Jim Damron, N8TMW, has that
report.
JIM: In the United States, the 2,190-mile-long Appalachian Trail
will present 2,190 miles of possibilities for SOTA and POTA
activators on Saturday, October 2nd. SOTA enthusiasts are already
registering to activate summits that are within a short distance on
the trail and hams will be calling between 1200 UTC and 2100 UTC
throughout the day. If you're an avid hiker as well as a SOTA or
POTA activator, you have time to add your name and your summit or
park of choice to the list by sending an email to A T ontheair at
gmail dot com (
[email protected]). SOTA activators may also post
an alert on SOTAWatch. This event is being held on the same day as
the W7A s2s 10-point madness so it's recommended that SOTA chasers
stand by and defer to summits calling other summits.
For details visit the Appalachian Trail on the air website. The URL
is listed in the printed script of this week's newscast at
arnewsline.org
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jim Damron, N8TMW.
[DO NOT READ: atontheair.com]
(SOTA REFLECTOR, ATONTHEAIR)
**
LISATS HAM CLUB TO RETRANSMIT INSPIRATION4 LAUNCH
DON/ANCHOR: If you want to hear history as it happens, be listening
for the audio retransmissions provided by the Launch Information
Service and Amateur Television System. They'll be retransmitting
feeds of the countdown and the booster recovery for SpaceX's
Inspiration4, a three-day mission featuring the first all-civilian
crew inside a Crew Dragon spacecraft. It's a charity flight for the
benefit of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. At the time
Newsline went to production, liftoff was scheduled for September
15th. According to Joe Dolinsky, W0WD, the LISATS (LEE-SATS) Amateur
Radio Club repeater will carry feeds of the transmissions. There is
also a "listen live" button on LISATS.ORG, the (LEE-SATS) website,
which has links to Broadcastify. Listening may also be possible via
EchoLink at WB4ATV.
(JOE DOLINSKY W0WD)
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